After flying high against Hi-Line [Eustis-Farnam/Elwood] last Monday, Heartland came back down to earth. The Heartland Huskies had to suffer through a 69-33 loss at the hands of the Grand Island Central Catholic Crusaders. While losing is never fun, the Huskies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 211th, while the Crusaders are ranked 27th).
Heartland lost on Tuesday despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Carter Siebert, who shot 54% from the field en route to 15 points. Landon Mierau was another key player, putting up two points.
Thomas Birch was his usual excellent self, going 9-for-10 to rack up 21 points along with five boards and four steals for Grand Island Central Catholic. Thanks to that strong game, Birch now owns an excellent 46.8% shooting accuracy. Another player making a difference was Thomas Liban, who shot 67% from the field on his way to 15 points and three steals.
Heartland dropped their record down to 5-18 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Grand Island Central Catholic, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 20-4.
Heartland does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Grand Island Central Catholic, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 54-35 win against Thayer Central on the 27th.
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